This particular woman started the mental health movement. Who is she?
Dorothea Dix
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What does illness actually mean?
Illness affects people in many ways and has particular consequences with family,community, and self.
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List 3 problems social workers aim to solve in schools.
Discipline, Violence, School shootings, Drugs, Gangs, cheating, harrassment
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When did Social Security come into play?
August 14, 1935
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What is the older americans act of 1955?
Financial aid given by the government to assist the elderly.
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Social work became a service in New York in?
It also became a service in Boston in?
1)1906
2)1910
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What does social work look at when helping a client?
That person and their environment.
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When did school social work begin?
Boston, Connecticut, and New York 1906
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What does social security provide?
Services for old age, survivors, the disabled, and health insurance. Unemployment. Public assistance and ssi
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What are four goals for making life more rewarding for the elderly?
adequate income
appropriate living arrangements
new attitude toward aging
independence and dignity
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Name at least 3 services provided in Community Mental Health Centers.
What is inpatient,outpatient, day care
services for children and elderly
educations for professionals involved with mental health
Screening services
Follow up care
halfway house services for those discharged
Prevention and treatment of addiction
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Why are community services important in social work?
With the help of services within a community, the family can more easily find the resources they need.
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What shapes a person's personality and knowledge for the first 4-5 years of their lives?
Family
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What is the difference between Medicare and Medicaid?
Medicare is for the elderly and disabled. Medicaid is for low income households.
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What is a top priority for social workers when working with the elderly?
Keeping them in their homes.
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List at least 2 places that can provide treatment for the mentally ill.
What is mental hospitals, Therapeutic clubs (aka group work), Psychiatric clinics,Residential treatment centers, Jails and Prisons.
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What is the Health Care Reform?
Put into effect by Barack Obama on March 23, 2010 with the goal of covering services for the uninsured, medicare, Medicaid, long-term care, and financial costs.
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What are some of the concerns that social workers have with children and their families?
Divorce, family counseling, battered women, rape, change in family structure, child abuse and neglect.
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What does the term criminal justice include?
law enforcement, prosecution/defense and court, judicial process, corrections.
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This Act specified that clinical social workers could not bill Medicare directly for services to skilled nursing facilities' residents.
1997 Balanced Budget Act
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Who are the two groups most associated with suicide? Which one is more successful in their endeavors and why?
Teenagers and the elderly.The elderly are more successful because they lack friends and family that they've outlived.
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For both mental health and the physical health of the person, what are the three levels of treatment social workers perform?
Primary, before something begins.
Secondary,after something has begun.
Tertiary, problem is full force.
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list 3 reasons why a child could be placed in foster care.
mentally/emotionally ill parents
unwilling parents
family problems
inadequate housing/financial need
care the family cannot provide
death of parent or caretaker
neglect and abuse
family drug abuse
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What does the social worker try to achieve while working in corrections?
socially desired objectives in institutional and noninstitutional probation and parole.
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In 1995, what event gave approval for the reauthorization of the Older American's Act with its broad concern for the health and welfare of older citizens?